The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-09-18

coming is positively the last week of
been sold-MtrrOr.
THE SEASON of the Booth Barrett
combination began last Monday even
evening in Buffalo. The first perform
ance was JULIUS Cesar, Mr.. Booth ap-
pearlng as Brutus, Mr.. Barrett as
Cassius and MIR. E. J. Buckley as Marc
Antony. The complete repertoire OF the
season comprises Julius Cesar, Othello.
chant of Venice, Katherine and
Petruchio, the FOOLS Revenge, Don
Caesar, The Kings Pleasure and David
Garrick. The leading members OF the
company are Edward J. Buckley, John
A. Lane, Owen Fawcett, Ben G. Rogers,
Miss Marion K. Gale, Miss Gertrude
Kellogg and Miss Miriam O'Leary.
ONE of the best wives an actor ever
ing, loyal heart rebels at the American
fashion of making out as in their dotage
artists who have been on the stage a
| few years. She said to nae one day
Its frightful the way the papers
| allude to Frank as "a veteran Well,
that's easily accounted for. Frank
Mayo was 48 last April. He went on
the stage as boy of II; he was lead
ing man at 20. He has been before the
public prominently for tWenty-eight
years, and that's enough to make his
name sound as ancient as Noah's to
the unthinking Americans, who speak
of leading lady IN the second season as
pdsSe and ON the wane. It's not the
age they consider; it's the length oil
time they have known 'em. This is q
fast country. and in no particular does
it exhibit its speed as in its reckoning
the flight of time for the unfortunate
artists. Mirror.
Mr.. RICHARD MANSFIELD makes his
first appearance in this city tomorrow
evening. in the dual role of DR.. Jekyl
and Mr.. H yde, in I. r. SullivaE's play
founded upon the strange story OF the
same title by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Mr.. Mansfield fills the two title roles
Mr.. John I. Sullivan appears as Gabriel
Utterson, Mr.. D. H Harkins as DR.
I.anyon, Mr.. II. B. Bradley as Genera
sir DanVers Carew, MIR. Harry Gwyn-
cite as Poole, Mr.. c. E. Eldredge as
Inspector Newcomer and Mr.. Thomas
Goodwin as jarvis. Miss Katherine
Rogers is cast for Mrs. Lanyon, Miss
Helen Glidden for Rebecca Moor anC
Miss Beatrice Cameron for Agne;
Carew. The play is in four acts, th'
first showing the morning room in the
house of the Carews. Act second is il
three scenes, the first showing Hyde.
lodging in Soho, the second street il
London, and the third q hall at DR.
Jekyll's. The third act shows DR.. Ian
yon's house in Cavendish Square, aDt
the fourth the mysterious cabinet in thu
| NE TolD
Now that it is settled Francis Wilson
is to remain at the Casino a couple O
years more it may not be out of ordel
to relate the why and wherefore of hi
kick. Wilson was under contract t
Aronson until May next, receiving (
certain sum at home and a larger
salary on the road. Not long ago b,
said he wouldn't fulfil his contract K
go On the road unless a new agreemen
to suit his somewhat swollen ideas wa!
made for the succeeding two years. He
only wanted per cent. of the gross re
ceipts for his services AronsOn didn'
see it, and told Wilson he would hole
him to the strict letter of his agreement
| Wilson threatened to be sick, and askec
what Aronson would do about it then
There was a good deal of hard feeling
and The matter hung fire some days
Aronson was prepared to FIJI Wilson,
PLACE if the latter refused to travel anC
to eDJOin him from doing any
thing except stay idle until mex
May. Finally a compromise wa
effected. Wilson promised to perform
his part of the existing contract and t.
make a new one for the season OF 1888:
whereby he will receive 5000 a week
The question naturally arises is any
stock comic opera comedian, however
clever, worth that unprecedented
amount OF compensation 2-Erchanqe.